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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> AHRQ Bioterrorism Preparedness Research Portfolio </h1>
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<h2>Fiscal Years 2002-03</h2>
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<p>The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) portfolio of bioterrorism research is a natural outgrowth of AHRQ's ongoing efforts to develop evidence-based information aimed at improving the quality of the U.S. health care system. This work is a critical component of the larger initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop public health programs to combat bioterrorism.</p>
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<p>Projects and activities comprising AHRQ's comprehensive bioterrorism preparedness portfolio are designed to assess and enhance the interface between the clinical care delivery system and public health infrastructure.</p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="#Medication">Medication/Vaccine Distribution</a><br />
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<a href="#State">State and Regional Models</a><br />
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<a href="#Surge">Surge Capacity</a><br />
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<a href="#Pediatric">Pediatric Focus</a><br />
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<a href="#IT">Information Technology</a><br />
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<a href="#Training">Clinician Training</a><br />
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<a href="#Linkages">Clinical/Public Health Linkages</a><br />
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<a href="#TBRIP">Translating/Disseminating Bioterrorism Research into Practice</a><br />
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<a href="#Equipment">PPE, Decontamination, Isolation/Quarantine, Laboratories</a></p>
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<h2>Medication/Vaccine Distribution</h2>
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<p><strong>Optimizing
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Clinical Preparedness for Bioterrorist Attacks Using Simulation Modeling and
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Data from Recent Anthrax Attacks</strong> <br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Weill Medical College of Cornell University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0013-2<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 4/1/2002-3/31/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $164,989<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This project’s activities included: the refinement
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of a Weill–developed computer simulation model for distribution
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of antibiotics with real time data; the dissemination of the Points of
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Distribution (PODs) simulation model to local, State, and Federal governments;
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and the incorporation of new capacity data from anthrax cases into the
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simulation inpatient treatment model.</p>
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<p><strong>National Guidelines for Mass Distribution
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Centers</strong> <br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Weill Medical College of Cornell University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN
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Contract No. 290-00-0013-3<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/1/2002-4/30/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $240,000<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Work included the development of national guidelines for mass distribution centers needed in response to a bioterrorist event and the development of the resource materials needed to implement the guidelines.</p>
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<p class="size2"><a href="#contents">Return to Contents</a></p>
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<h2>State and Regional Models</h2>
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<p><strong>Regional Models for Bioterrorism Preparedness</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Stanford/UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> EPC Contract No. 290-02-0017<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 11/30/2002-12/31/2003 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $499,217<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> An evidence report is being developed for use in identifying potential relevant regional models for the delivery of medical and non-medical services in the event of a bioterrorist attack. This includes a framework for identifying the key decisions made by clinicians, public health officials, and others during a bioterrorism response. The contractor is also identifying the information systems that enable regionalization of services. </p>
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<p><strong>Regionalization: Health Systems Preparedness for Bioterrorism</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Booz Allen Hamilton<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0019-2<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 2/10/2003-5/10/2004 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $599,992<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This contract will expand
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the current hospital readiness questionnaire developed in a prior task order
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to address issues of regionalization and the connections and integration of
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individual hospitals to other regional health systems, facilities, and public
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health.<2E> The impact on long-term care and home care needs in the recovery
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phase of a bioterrorist attack will also be addressed.<2E></p>
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<p><strong>Regional Health Care System Preparedness for Bioterrorist
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Events</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Denver Health <br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0014-5<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/15/2002-10/14/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $452,386<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This project examines the effects of regional care models
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and their impact on resource allocation and capacity in the event of
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a bioterrorist
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event, as well as the effect of such an event on hospital and health
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care systems' costs, outcomes, and staffing.<2E> Facility characteristics
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needed to establish individual facilities as isolation or quarantine
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units for the regions
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are being identified.<2E> Characteristics of exportable models to regional,
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state, and local policymakers are being identified.<2E></p>
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<p><strong>Systematic Regional Inventory of Critical
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Resources to Respond to Bioterrorism</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Abt Associates <br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0003-5<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-12/31/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $483,146<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Using the laboratory of Geisinger Health Systems’ service
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area (six-county region of east–central Pennsylvania), a regional
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inventory tool is being developed. The rural-based inventory tool will
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be a relational database accompanied by a "process" manual
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for immediate use. The tool will be Web-accessible to other regions and
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municipalities for development of a regional inventory of critical health
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care and other emergency resources needed to respond to a bioterrorist
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attack.</p>
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<p><strong>AHRQ-Sponsored Workbook for Sharing Regional
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Bioterrorism Preparedness Tools</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> RTI<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0018-5<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $485,877<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> The assessment of the health
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system requirement and inter-organizational relationships necessary for regional
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bioterrorism preparedness is being conducted by this contractor.<2E> This assessment
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includes the examination of the effects of regional care models and their
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impact on resource allocation and capacity as well as the full spectrum of
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expected health care needs following a potential bioterrorist event.</p>
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<p><strong>Developing Tools for State-wide Planning
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and Response to Bioterrorist Attacks</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Weill Medical College of Cornell University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0013-4<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $338,177<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Weill Medical College will expand and implement New York
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Presbyterian Healthcare System’s (NYPHS) existing surge capacity
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information system (HERIS, Hospital Emergency Response Information System)
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as a regional model for New York State. It will estimate staffing requirements,
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cost, and outcomes of a potential bioterrorist event for NYPHS, establish
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appropriate data systems and readiness measures, and develop risk communication
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messages and dissemination plans for NYPHS staff, New York metro area
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health care providers, and the public.</p>
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<p class="size2"><a href="#contents">Return to Contents</a></p>
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<a id="Surge" name="Surge"></a>
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<h2>Surge Capacity</h2>
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<p><strong>Predicting Health Care Use Resulting from
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Terrorism: Tools to Aid State Planning</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Emory University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0011-2<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $269,707<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This project examines private sector health care utilization patterns following the terrorism and anthrax events of the Fall of 2001.<2E> This work will inform estimates of the potential impact of bioterrorism on public health hospitals and clinics.<2E>
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Specific objectives addressed include surge capacity; system-wide data and
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infrastructure needs; effective risk communication with all parties; and data
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systems and tools for forecasting health care capacity demands.</p>
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<p><strong>Rocky Mountain Regional Health
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Emergency Assistance Line & Triage Hub Model</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Denver Health<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> IDSRN Contract No. 290-00-0014-6 <br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 10/15/2002-10/14/2003 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $267,056<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> The requirements, specifications,
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and resources needed to develop a public health emergency contact center
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that is highly integrated with public health agencies are being determined.<2E> The
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goal is efficient management of surges in patient demand to the health
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care delivery system during a bioterrorist event or other public health
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emergencies.</p>
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<p><strong>Modeling U.S. Health Systems' Epidemic Response Capacity</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Weill Medical College of Cornell University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. U01 HS14341 <br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2003-9/29/2005 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $840,262<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> The U.S. hospital capacity for bioterrorism and public health emergency response will be assessed using advanced computer modeling techniques. Plans call for the development of discrete event simulation models of hospital treatment for the six Category A bioterrorist agents (smallpox, anthrax, botulism, plague, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers) and for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Patterns of emergency health service utilization in the setting of public health emergencies will be evaluated in a second component of this study. These two complementary study components will provide tools to improve forecasting health system capacity and for planning an efficient epidemic response. </p>
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<p><strong>Discharge Criteria for Creation of Hospital Surge Capacity</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Johns Hopkins University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. U01 HS14353<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2003–9/29/2005 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $911,199<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> The focus of this project is the development of an easy-to-apply
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method for pre-designating hospitalized patients suitable for early discharge
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in the event of a disaster. The tool will be tested and evaluated in comparison
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with the current ad hoc method of identification of such patients. Such
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capability is necessary for addressing hospital surge capacity needs that
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may arise under those circumstances.</p>
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<p><strong>Bioterrorism Preparedness in Rural and Urban Communities</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> University of Florida<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. U01 HS14355<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2003–9/29/2005<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $889,072<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the grantee will
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assess existing resources and response mechanisms in rural and neighboring
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urban communities to meet anticipated immediate and long-term health needs
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arising from bioterrorist events. Based on the assessment results, an
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intervention will be developed to educate health care providers concerning
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mental health needs, a subject that has received less attention in rural
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communities. The overall goal of this project is bioterrorism and other
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public health emergency preparedness regarding intermediate and long-term
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health needs such as long-term care, rehabilitation, chronic physical
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ailments, and mental health. </p>
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<p><strong>Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> : Vanderbilt University Medical Center<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. U01 HS14358<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2003–9/29/2005<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> : $1,090,145<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This is a study to determine the effectiveness and efficiency
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of learning programs designed to educate nurses volunteering for service
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in their local community Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). Two types of learning
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programs will be compared: a face-to-face version and an online version,
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both of which will be designed using the principles of the national How
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People Learn framework. The project will also focus on defining user characteristics
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that predict selection of and effective/efficient completion of learning
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programs. The adequacy of technology integration in learning emergency
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response content will also be determined. </p>
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<p class="size2"><a href="#contents">Return to Contents</a></p>
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<a id="Pediatric" name="Pediatric"></a>
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<h2>Pediatric Focus</h2>
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<p><strong>Pediatric Disaster Preparedness and Response
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Conference</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Columbia University<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. R13 HS13855<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $49,246<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Conference activities included the review
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and summarization of existing data on the needs of children in disasters;
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the development of a consensus on the needs of children in disasters;
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and the
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creation of a research agenda to address the existing knowledge gaps involving
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studies focused on the needs of children in disasters and other potential
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terrorist events.<2E> Consensus recommendations are forthcoming through peer
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reviewed journals as well as through the electronic media.<2E></p>
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<p><strong>Bioterrorism: Automated Decision Support
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and Clinical Data Collection</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Children's Hospital Boston<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0020-1 <br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/29/2000-6/30/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $749,917<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This project developed a prototype database
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and Web site to give clinicians the opportunity to report suspicious trends
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of possible bioterrorist events.<2E> It also developed prototypes for
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decision support systems for clinicians to give them "just-in-time" information
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and advice on appropriate response.</p>
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<p><strong>Models and Protocols for Pediatric Bioterrorism Preparedness:
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Pediatric Research Collaborative and Just-in-time Information and Reporting
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Systems</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Children's Hospital Boston<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0020-2<br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 5/1/2003-10/1/2004<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $699,630<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Decision support tools for clinicians, aimed at providing
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just-in-time information in response to a bioterrorism event, will be
|
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developed. A reporting system that responds to sentinel events, or trends
|
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that alert the system to such an event, will also be developed, as will
|
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a collaborative for pediatric bioterrorism preparedness.</p>
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<p><strong>Enhancement of the Technology Interface
|
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for the Cincinnati Pediatrics Research Group for Bioterrorism Surveillance</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Children's Hospital
|
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Center, Cincinnati<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> PBRN Grant No. R21 HS13506 <br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004 <br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> This regional network of pediatric providers
|
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will develop a system to allow electronic solicitation of data using handheld
|
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devices and wireless communications.<2E> Since the system will allow real time
|
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transmission of clinical impressions and symptoms, one of its intended uses
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is bioterrorism surveillance.</p>
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<p><strong>Pediatric Terrorism Preparedness Resource
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Guide</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> American Academy of Pediatrics<br />
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 03R 000097 <br />
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<strong>Period:</strong> 12/1/2002-9/1/2003<br />
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<br />
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<strong>Description:</strong> Planning meetings were convened to formulate the substantive
|
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information needed to develop a Pediatric Terrorism Preparedness Resource
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guide.<2E><> The guide would serve as the nation's
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first comprehensive clinical and policy reference on the needs of children
|
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following a terrorism attack or other disaster.<2E></p>
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<h2>Information Technology</h2>
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<p><strong>Using Information Technology to Improve Clinical Preparedness
|
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for Bioterrorism</strong><br />
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<strong>Institution:</strong> Mellon Pitt Corporation (MPC)<br />
|
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0009-2 <br />
|
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<strong>Period:</strong> 2/1/2003-7/31/2004<30><br />
|
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $483,697<br />
|
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<strong>Description:</strong> This work focuses on the
|
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use of information systems to track and plan for bioterrorist events,
|
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including the development of a prototype electronic bed tracking tool.<2E> An
|
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assessment tool will be developed that will aid public health decisionmakers
|
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in planning
|
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for and acquiring tools related to early warning public health surveillance
|
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systems and other relevant information technology systems that address
|
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bioterrorism.<2E><>
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<h2>Clinician Training</h2>
|
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<p><strong>Training for Bioterrorism and Rare Public Health Events: Update</strong><br />
|
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<strong>Institution:</strong> John Hopkins University<74>EPC<br />
|
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<strong>Award:</strong> EPC <20>Contract No. 290-02-0018-2<br />
|
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-10/31/2003 <br />
|
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $417,767<br />
|
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<strong>Description:</strong> This work includes an
|
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update of the literature review on training practices for bioterrorism
|
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with a new emphasis on disaster drills, including best practices for successful
|
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disaster drills.<2E> A tool is also being developed for evaluating disaster
|
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drills and table top exercises. The tool will be provided to the states
|
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through HRSA's
|
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National Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program.<2E></p>
|
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<p><strong>Expansion of Innovative Approaches to Training
|
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Clinicians to Recognize and Respond to Bioterrorist Attacks</strong><br />
|
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<strong>Institution:</strong> University of
|
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Alabama at Birmingham<br />
|
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<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0022-2<br />
|
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<strong>Period:</strong> 9/16/2002-10/15/2003<br />
|
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<strong>Funding:</strong> $506,998<br />
|
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<strong>Description:</strong> The existing Web-based training
|
||
tool, developed under a project previously funded at the University
|
||
of Alabama, provides information about anthrax and smallpox and
|
||
provides continuing education credits.<2E> It was primarily targeted to emergency
|
||
physicians and nurses, infection control practitioners, pathologists
|
||
and radiologists.<2E><>
|
||
The Web site has been expanded to offer continuing education for
|
||
family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and dermatology.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Training for Improved Provider Response
|
||
to Bioterrorism</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> State
|
||
of Connecticut Department of Public Health <br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> Partnerships for Quality (PFQ) Grant No. U18 HS13693<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004 <br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<a href="#note">*</a><br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This project will identify
|
||
specific training programs for "front line" clinicians and evaluate their
|
||
effectiveness for bioterrorism preparedness.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Developing an Innovative Technology-based
|
||
Training Intervention for Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Training</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> RTI International<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0021-2 <br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003 <br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $299,740<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This contract explores
|
||
the application of a technology-based, noncontiguous training approach
|
||
to hospital training drills for bioterrorism preparedness.<2E> An innovative
|
||
bioterrorism preparedness drill tool that offers a cost-efficient and
|
||
effective mechanism
|
||
for training hospital personnel is being developed.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Evaluation of Bioterrorism Training for Clinicians</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> Johns Hopkins University<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> Grant No. U01 HS14337<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2003-9/29/2005 <br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $991,843<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This project will develop and apply evidence-based expert consensus process techniques to create standard "best practice" educational content for training community clinicians in bioterrorism and disaster response. Two distinct modular training courses, one using traditional teaching techniques and the other using Web-based technology, will be developed and evaluated. The educational effectiveness and costs of the two course formats will be directly measured and compared in a variety of healthcare settings in a prospective, randomized controlled cohort study. The expected product from this study is an exportable model process for course development, training, tracking, and evaluation. </p>
|
||
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|
||
<a id="Linkages" name="Linkages"></a>
|
||
<h2>Clinical/Public Health Linkages</h2>
|
||
<p><strong>WReN's Response to Emerging Public Health
|
||
Threats: Enhancement of the Technology Interface<63></strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> University of
|
||
Wisconsin<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PBRN Grant No. R21 HS13494<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $48,118<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This network will expand its existing interface with
|
||
the public health surveillance network to allow ongoing monitoring for bioterrorism.
|
||
The surveillance system will allow the network to evaluate its role in detecting
|
||
and responding to emerging public health threats, such as acts of bioterrorism.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>North Carolina Family Practice PBRN: Enhancement of the
|
||
Technology Interface for Bioterrorism Surveillance</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> University of North Carolina (UNC)<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PBRN<52> Grant No. R21 HS013521<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004 <br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $149,980<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This network of family physician
|
||
practices will test data transfer systems (linked to state epidemiological
|
||
systems) and methods of practice-based surveillance for signs and symptoms
|
||
of disease clusters that suggest bioterrorism.</p>
|
||
<p class="size2"><a href="#contents">Return to Contents</a></p>
|
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<a id="TBRIP" name="TBRIP"></a>
|
||
<h2>Translating/Disseminating Bioterrorism Research
|
||
into Practice</h2>
|
||
<p><strong>Measurement and Bioterrorism Preparedness: An Impact Study</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> Joint Commission
|
||
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PFQ Grant No. U18 HS13728<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<a href="#note">*</a><br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This project will assess
|
||
improvements in linkages between health care organizations, the public health
|
||
infrastructure, and emergency response entities in the wake of multiple influences,
|
||
such as implementation of revised Joint Commission emergency management standards,
|
||
occurrence of national events, and provision of federal funding for bioterrorism
|
||
preparedness.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>A Case Study of Community Resource Integration
|
||
for Bioterrorism Readiness</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> Texas A&M University Foundation <br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PFQ Grant
|
||
No. U18 HS13715<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<a href="#note">*</a><br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> The Texas Center for Medical Strategy, Training, and Readiness (TC-MEDSTAR)
|
||
will design, develop, implement, and evaluate a case study to help communities
|
||
integrate resources for readiness to respond to homeland security needs.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Partnership for Advancing Quality Together:
|
||
Transportability of Bioterrorism Preparedness Interventions</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> RTI<54> International<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PFQ Grant No. U18 HS13706 <br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004 <br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<a href="#note">*</a><br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> This research will contribute
|
||
to the knowledge base about successfully implementing initiatives to enhance
|
||
safety and security.<2E> A report will be developed from case study data to explicate
|
||
critical issues related to the transportability of bioterrorism preparedness
|
||
interventions.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Improving Healthcare Responses to Bioterrorist
|
||
Events</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> The Altarum
|
||
Institute, Michigan <br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> PFQ Grant No. U18 HS13683<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 9/30/2002-9/29/2004<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $100,000<a href="#note">*</a><br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> A simulation model called
|
||
the Healthcare Complex Model (HCM) is being tested for its utility and validity
|
||
to support bioterrorism readiness planning. Plans call for testing and validating
|
||
the HCM's ability to support planning for a rural healthcare network and identifying
|
||
further enhancements needed in the model for application to urban settings
|
||
under different bioterrorism attack scenarios.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>User Liaison Program (ULP) Dissemination
|
||
Support: Bioterrorism Preparedness</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> Health Systems Research, Inc.<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> ULP program<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $349,940<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> Five 90-minute, Web-assisted
|
||
audio conferences will be conducted throughout 2003 focusing on bioterrorism
|
||
and health systems preparedness.<2E> Each conference will focus on AHRQ-supported
|
||
bioterrorism research findings and promising practices implemented by
|
||
states,
|
||
localities, and health systems.)</p>
|
||
<p><strong>User Liaison
|
||
Program (ULP) Dissemination Support: Bioterrorism Preparedness</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> ULP program<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $349,718<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> A 1.5-day regional bioterrorism
|
||
and health system preparedness workshop will be conducted in the Fall
|
||
2003 focusing on AHRQ supported bioterrorism research findings and promising
|
||
practices
|
||
implemented by states, localities, and health systems.<2E> Contractor will
|
||
also conduct two site visits in the Fall 2003 for State officials to
|
||
learn about
|
||
two well developed systems for responding to potential bioterrorism events.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>User Liaison Program (ULP)
|
||
Dissemination Support: Bioterrorism Preparedness</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> AcademyHealth<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> ULP program<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 10/1/2002-9/30/2003<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $299,926<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> Two 1.5 day regional bioterrorism
|
||
and health system preparedness workshops in the fall of 2003 will be conducted
|
||
focusing on AHRQ supported bioterrorism research findings and promising practices
|
||
implemented by states, localities and health systems.<2E> Five written briefs
|
||
focusing on bioterrorism issues raised in the regional workshops and during
|
||
the national Web-assisted audio conferences conducted by AHRQ will be prepared.</p>
|
||
|
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|
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<a id="Equipment" name="Equipment"></a>
|
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<h2>Personal Protective Equipment,
|
||
Isolation/Quarantine, Laboratories</h2>
|
||
<p><strong>Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness: Personal Protective Equipment, Decontamination, Isolation/Quarantine, and Laboratory Services Capacity</strong><br />
|
||
<strong>Institution:</strong> Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)<br />
|
||
<strong>Award:</strong> Contract No. 290-00-0023-2<br />
|
||
<strong>Period:</strong> 7/1/2003–9/30/2004<br />
|
||
<strong>Funding:</strong> $298,325<br />
|
||
<strong>Description:</strong> Project will develop guidelines for bioterrorism preparedness, specifically addressing personal protective equipment, decontamination, isolation/quarantine, and laboratory capacity. Guidelines will include but not be limited to cost assessments and impact, regulatory and legal compliance considerations, and training. Exercise scenarios that incorporate best practices and guidelines for training of medical, public health, law enforcement, and emergency management for the above mentioned subjects will be developed. </p>
|
||
|
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<a id="note" name="note"></a>
|
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<p class="size2">*Partnership for Quality Grants are funded at up to
|
||
$100,000 for the Phase I Planning Year.<2E>
|
||
Funding for Phase II is dependent on availability of funds and satisfactory
|
||
progress of the project. </p>
|
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|
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of November 2003</em></p>
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